length and size methods both return an integer indicating how many characters a string holds.


title = String.new # => ""
title = String.new( "Much Ado about Nothing" )

title = String.new # => ""
title.empty? # => false
title.length # => 22

1.	Creating Strings
2.	test a string to see if it is empty with empty?
3.	test a string to see if it is empty before you process it
4.	The new method can take a string argument

length and size methods both return an integer indicating how many characters a string holds. : String.new « String « Ruby